Nice to meet you!

I’m Lucas Miller and I’ve been literally “singing the praises” of nature for over 30 years. With music, stories, videos, and puppet, I aim to inspire people to respect and care for wildlife through creativity, humor, hope, and energy. 

As a child, animals were my first obsession. I roamed the suburban parks of Lexington, Kentucky, looking for frogs and turtles. A little later, I got into music. I taught myself to sing in the bathtub and later picked up saxophone and guitar.

I studied zoology at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and I played in a noisy rock band. We never made it “big time” but we sure had fun.  

After graduating, I got into environmental education and discovered how to use music to keep lessons fun and engaging. I got totally hooked on playing music for kids and started my performing independently in 1994.  

And what do you know, I made it “big time!” These days I get to play on some pretty cool stages and at least 2 million kids have seen my live performances. I love what I do and am so grateful to have made a career creating, inspiring, learning, and teaching. 

If you love nature, we’re going to be friends. 

Here are some things I'm proud of:

Having done this for over three decades now, I regularly hear from grown-ups who saw me when they were a kid. They write to share their fond memories and tell me how my music and stories became a part of their childhood; maybe it even inspired them to pursue a job in science. NOTHING could make me more pleased and proud! I mean that. 

Here are some other career highlights and awards that are pretty special too: 

  • Notable performances & venues
    • Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands, Texas (2025, 2026)
    • Anchorage Junior Theatre, Alaska (2026)
    • Admiral Theatre, Bermerton, WA (2026)
    • Children’s Arts and Literacy Festival, Abilene, Texas (2025, 2026)
    • Gorton Center, Lake Forest, Illinois (2025)
    • Bitterroot Performing Arts Council, Hamilton, Montana (2026)
    • Lakeside Chautauqua (with the Columbus Zoo), Lakeside, Ohio (2025, 2026)
    • Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria, Illinois (2024)
    • The Straz Center, Tampa, Florida (2026
    • The Midland Theatre, Newark, Ohio (2026)
    • Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor, Michigan (2026)
    • Gathering Place, Tulsa, Oklahoma (2026)
    • Dayton LIVE! Dayton, Ohio (2025)
    • Kerrville Folk Festival (2025, 2026)
    • Las Vegas Public Libraries, Las Vegas, Nevada (2019, 2023, 2024)
    • Dallas Arboretum Bugtopia, Dallas, Texas (2021, 2022)
    • Hakawy Children’s Festival, Cairo, Egypt (2020)
    • Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, Texas (many years)
    • The National Zoo (2010)
    • Austin City Limits Music Festival (2004, 2005)
  • I have been on the Texas Commission on the Arts’ Roster of Touring Artists since 2000. 
  • In 2008, I was selected as a National Endowment for the Arts “American Masterpiece Artist.”
  • I was selected to showcase at the Ohio Arts Presenters Network conference (2024), Montana Performing Arts Consortium (2025), North Carolina ArtsMarket (2025) and the Arts Northwest conference (2026). 
  • My DVD “Animals Rock with Lucas Miller Vol. 1″ earned an Editor’s Choice choice recommendation for 2009I won Parents’ Choice awards for my DVD and every CD I have ever released
  • My song “Living in Symbiosis,” won first place in category in the 2006 Great American Song Contest
  • All my CDs and my DVD earned Parents’ Choice Award4

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